fashion

Definition

  • noun: a popular way of dressing during a particular time or among a particular group of people
  • noun: the make or form of something
  • verb: to form (something) into something else
  • verb: to give shape or form to
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: mold, workmanship, execution

Examples

  • Action movies are (all) the 'fashion' in Hollywood these days. = Action movies are 'in fashion' in Hollywood these days.

  • We attended a 'fashion show'. [=a show at which people who design clothes show their new designs]

  • The student recited the speech 'parrot-fashion' and could not answer any questions about it.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) that burgundy would've been good in this house, really. Really? A guy designed his own house and built it. Oh, yeah? I wish I'd seen it. He's a fashion guy. All these fashion people were there. And, uh, there were Japanese surfers there, and the guy was playing really, really, really great music. (..)
    2003 Lost in Translation